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Lightning rods.— Lightning rods extend from the top mast heads to the 

 water on the starboard side, passing through fair-leaders on the top- 

 mast back-stays. The rods are flexible copper wire rope, with copper 

 tips extending above the trucks about 6 inches. The lower ends are 

 coiled up and tied to the back- stays, 7 or 8 feet above deck, except in 

 stormy weather, when they are unloosed and thrown into the water. 



13. SAILS, SAIL-COVERS, AND AWNINGS. 

 (See Plate XIV.) 



The original suit of sails, sail covers, and awnings, were made of 

 medium hard Woodbury duck of the ordinary width, and of the fol- 

 lowing thickness : Foresail, fore staysail, and riding-sail, No. 0,* main- 

 sail and jib, No. 1; flying jib and sail covers, No. 6; fore and main 

 gaff topsails, No. 8 ; main topmast staysail. No. 10 ; balloon jib, 8-ounce 

 duck. 



The sail- covers and awnings are made of cotton duck. 



The awnings are made in two sections to extend from foremast to 

 tarfrail ; they meet at the mainmast. 



A second suit of sails was made of hard Woodbury duck, 14 inches 

 wide, and of the same thicknesses as those given above, with the ex- 

 ception of the foresail and fore staysail, which were made of No. 1 can- 

 vas. No riding-sail was made in this suit. All the sails, sail-covers, 

 and awnings, as well as a portion of the runuing rigging, have been 

 treated with Nelson's preservative for preventing rot and mildew. 



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14. ANCHORS AND CABLES. 



The anchors are of the special pattern used on fishing vessels, hav- 

 ing large palms and long shanks, the latter designed to receive 

 wooden stocks. The kedge, however, is provided with an iron stock. 

 Two of the anchors weigh 700 pounds ; a third anchor 500 pounds, ap- 

 proximately, and the kedge weighs 200 pounds. The chain cable is 

 1-inch, barred ; in two strings of GO fathoms each. The hawser is the 

 Bullivant elastic steel-wire cable, 1 inch in diameter. There are 400 

 fathoms of this, of which only 175 fathoms have yet been used. 



15. COLLINS' IMPROVED MARINE DRAG. 



This drag (or drogue) is made of galvanized iron and canvas. The 

 frame consists of a stout hoop of round galvanized iron, jointed so that 

 it can be folded and stowed away in small compass when not in use. It 

 is fitted with lugs, into which are fastened the cross bars that keep it 

 distended when rigged, and to four other lugs are attached chains, that 

 together form a bridle from the four quarters of the hoop and join, at a 

 common center, to a large swivel which is fitted with a big thimble into 

 which a hawser can be bent, 



